TaeKwonDo Nationals, AAU Junior Olympics & Other Sports

What a treat! I was invited to shoot the Taekwondo National Championships for one week stint and paid to do so. I was also privileged to shoot the AAU Junior Olympics involves kids from ages 6 through 18, so there is something for everyone. Biggest venue is the track and field, but with a heat index of 118 to 124, I was fortunate and shot mainly indoor sports, including everything from table tennis to swimming and including weightlifting, jump rope, baton, tumbling, trampoline, wrestling, taekwondo, karate and several I've probably missed. Most difficult to photograph were swimming and table tennis. Swimming offers only limited shot selection and table tennis...what we call ping pong...is incredibly fast. Here is a brief selection of shots from several of the events. For the swimming event alone, I shot10,000 images. Here you will also find shots from the Elgin Rodeo and both Volleyball and Basketball I was hired to shoot for St Edwards University.